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With USMCA Moving Forward, American Farmers Seek More Trade Deals

Kane Farabaugh

   CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Since the Trump administration began reshaping
   trade policy in early 2018, U.S. farmers have endured fluctuating
   prices and uncertain destinations for what they grow and harvest amid
   increasing tariffs on grain exports.
   "We want trade, we don't want aid, but right now the bankers want
   paid," Steve Turner recently told hundreds of attendees at the Illinois
   Farm Bureau's annual meeting in Chicago.

   In Washington, meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced
   Democrats had reached an agreement to support passage of the United
   States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, delivering a major trade
   victory to Republican President Donald Trump. Just a few days later,
   the White House announced a breakthrough in trade negotiations with
   China.

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